I Suppose you are all furnished with Yours have furnish'd but a few this yeare. Almanacks and Prognostications for this whole yeare ensu­ing, before this time; At leastwise, I hope you will not bestow your mony on so lying a Pam­phlet, or spend your time so vainely in reading so notorious Ʋntruths as this counterfeit Spell my name, and con­fesse your Igno­rance. Naworth would fain perswade you to beleive. As for the Chronologicall part thereof, which he stiles thus, With a breife Chronology of the most remarkable Occurrences since the beginning of this Rebellion: Calcu­lated exactly for the Latitude and Meridian of the famous Ʋniver­sity and City of Oxford; I must intreat you to beleive me; for the very London Truth, whereto you had need beg assent. truth is. All that Infamous Chronology is nothing else but a Collection of Ʋntruths, raked out of the Dunghill of Mercurius Aulicus his abominable lying Legend; which, like the Infections Disease now raging at Oxford, and other the Westerne parts of the Kingdome, had like to have poysoned all the people thereof, had not his Anti-Mercury, our freind Britannicus, seasonably given them an Antidote to purge and cure the Melancholly got­ten by that malignant Aulicus. I beleive he hath calculated it ex­actly for the Meridian of Oxford; for it can serve no other place of the Kingdome: The Yes they daily tell you (in plaine English) you are Rebels and Traitors to His Majesty. people there, dare not speake truth; And how then, thinke you, dare they write? His reckoning up of (fained) Victories at this and that place, are all false Calculations: Methinks the very You mistake. The sight of them could not. thought of Keynton, Edge-hill, or Newbury, should strike him dead. I could tell him of Reckon up you gaines, and spare your Thanksgi­vings. Alton, Gainsborough, Arundell, &c. If ^h Nay I'le try if you can doe that, you have seene the way. he would but tell us of their (our enemies) true Losses, as well as of their fained Victories are ours, Fictions yours. Victories, in which (to their perpetuall [Page 1] shame) they so much boast, the Kingdome would be more sensi­ble of the bloud that They at West­minster. they have caused to be spilt, & unanimously rise to suppresse their cruell Tyranny, l Remember your purchase of Eccleshall-Castle, and A­rundell. 'Tis easier with you to purchase, then conquer. their bloudy and inhumane cruelties. How dares he write of Victories? If ever they (for whom that Almanack was calculated) got any, it was by Treache­ry. As for the word Rebell he so often mentions in that lying Chronology, surely (if I be not mistaken in my Figure (which I seldome do) he meanes himselfe, and those that live in that Cly­mate where he calculated his Erra-Pater (for he is of very neere kindred to Now you honour mee. Mercurius Aulicus, who is the sonne of Pater Er­rorum) together with those inhumane bloudy Those that your pretended [...]ouses sent o­ver to suppresse the Rebellion there, (whil'st themselves had raised a worse here) are now return'd to se­cure His Maje­sty from their more Bloody hands. Irish Rebells, who before and since the Cessation in that unhappy Kingdome of Ireland, are come over, and joyned with the Atheisticall and Pa­pisticall people of that, this, and other Kingdoms, To destroy the King and Parliament, subvert our Religion, Lawes, and Liberties; To bring in Tyranny, Slavery, Popery, and all the misery that ever this Nation suffered: Surely, if ever there were Rebels these are they, Of the off spring of Cain, very Cannibals: I have gotten these base words by reading of him; And therefore, lest I be infected with this Oxford-Malady, I send him his It seemes they have wrought, For since you tooke my Dose, you have vo­mited filthy [...] Humours. I hope e're long to cure you. words againe, which he shall never claw off till he amend his Calculation and beg I need none, if I did▪ it might be drawne at Lon­don, but must be seal'd at Ox­ford. pardon of the King and Parliament for his so grossely a­busing them, and endeavouring to seduce the whole Kingdome; But, I doubt, A great Seale, which he sayes (falsly) is at Oxford will do them little good: And for the other the Great Seale, which Yes truly, the King and His Chancellor be at London, by the Statute of Articuli su­per Chartas An 28. E. 1. Ch. 5 But as they are both here, and you have coun­terfeited ano­ther Seale there Read at leasure (and for your comfort) that other Statute. An. 25. E. 3. truely is here, I hope the Parliament will make such use of it, that all those whom I named before (Rebells) shall, ere long, re­ceive their just reward. Reader, beleeve it, There was never so many Lyes heaped together in so short and few lines, since the word Almanack was used

But stay Master G. N. I have not done with you yet, in your Astronomicall Observations. If you be the same Naworth of West Aukland, that wrote an Almanack for the yeares 1641. and 1642. and referred it to the Latitude of Durham, I honour you, and now give you thanks for your Remembrance (in one of them I then saw before it was printed) of some Observations I made upon the Eclipse of the Sun in May, 1639. which you had published to [Page 2] the whole world, had not some of the Bishops Chaplaines, Baker, Bray, Wikes, Heywood, or some of their fellowes, made an Index Expugatorius thereof, as they usually did in my Almanacks. But me thinkes you should not be he that then wrote; for in the yeare 1642. you understood your selfe very well when in that years Re­volution, and the Effects of the two Eclipses of the Moon, you said thus (for I will use your own You doe well in rehearsing of them: For they deeply concerne your Pretended 2. Houses, and City: as being the Authors of all the Miseries therein meant, and since verifi­ed. words) Mixing the Effects of the Eclipses with the Lunateous, & other powerfull Aspects which the Em­bassadors of Heaven pronounce unto us, The Conjunction of Jupiter & Mars, the 15 of May, And of Saturne and Mars the 30; VVe cannot cleer our selves in generall or particular of many strange Accidents, (which will amaze and distract divers;) for the Moon is (at the middle of either Eclipse) in the eighth House of the Heavens, in domo mor­tis, &c. Mars is Almuten, or cheif Ruler at the first Eclipse of the Moon; And Mercury of the second; And both of them in Signis humanis: If therefore we escape sharpe tertian Feavers, War, Famine, Pestilence, House-breakings, Rapes, Depopulations, Man-slaughters, secret Sedi­ditions, Banishments, Imprisonments, violent and unexpected deaths, Robberies, Thefts, and pyraticall Invasions; If also Libellers, and Distempered Letters be forestalled and intercepted. Let the Glory be to God, For when Villany is unmasked, Vertue shineth: Busie tongues, and variable Rumours will seduce or induce many; but nothing for their good, &c. Thus far are your owne words: And now, Master Naworth, let me intreat you to remember what I menti­oned at that Conjunction of Mars and Iupiter the same 15 of May you speake of, 1642, in these words, Praefectos bellorum cautos hic esse decebit, quod Res ipsa loquetur. About which time the Illegall Commission of Array was put in execution; And at, or near the same time, the Militia of the Kingdome was setled by the happy Councell and Advice of this For 1. Murther: 2. Sacriledge & 3. Robbery, &c. Thrice honoured (never to be for­gotten) Parliament: As likewise that other Conjunction of Sa­turne and Mars in the end of May, where I used these words, Circa hoc Tempus Bellica Stratagemata audientur: Just at that time when Hull was sorely threatned; but (blessed be God) it is yet, and I hope will be kept out of the Enemies possession. Though there hath been used much Art and Subtilty for the be­traying thereof, to, and by them, to whose Care and Trust it was [Page 3] then committed; In due time You mean the two Hothams. First, hang them for being Traitors to His Majesty, and then do what you please with them for their Treachery to you. they will be dealt with as they deserve. You may please to remember the 23 of October 1641 (which with you 1642 is called. The grand Rebellion) It is very true, the 23 of October, 1641, The unparallel'd Grand Rebellion of Ireland burst forth, for which God punisht you that very day twelve-moneth, over against which very day and time in my Al­manack for that year 1642, I had noted thus much upon the Op­position of the Sun and Mars, Ventorum murmura generabit aura inquieta, Caedes quo (que) cruentae & lites atrae hinc inde per [...]rebescent. That very time you lost so much Noble Blood you speak of; And were so soundly beaten between You made them 2 Battles when you spoke of your Victories. P. 2. lin. 2. Keinton and Edge hill, by the truely Valiant Robert Earle of Essex, The Parltaments Lord Generall, &c.

You'l say, It was pretty well ghest, Good wits may from off a Ladder yours may. Iumpe, I do not love to rub the Gall'd Horse back, you know my mean­ing (as well there, as in many other places of my Almanack) well enough; But you are turn'd Court-parasite, you, and I must part Kinred; Yet me thinks we should agree about the Effects of the last Great Conjunction of Saturne and Iupiter, which hap­pened on the Origanus tels you the 20. sixteenth of February the last year: You calcu­late Had you done it rightly for­wards, you had saved me that Labour. Backwards, of things done, and past: I tell you of what's to come (which is the true end of Almanacks) Hath the small dif­ference of latitude between Oxford and Durham, so much alte­red you? Sure you came by Sea, for feare the Scots should Look to your Money, they' [...] first catch that. catch you, Et sic Animum mutâsti: I must tell you in that Great Con­juction. If I I can prove you doe nei­ther. understand my Authors, or my selfe, Iupiter was predominant, as you say about (Malignant) Saturne (a name properly given to your selfe, and your frinds.) And no doubt as Messahala an Author, I know as well as your selfe, who sayeth, Cum Iupiter fortior fuerit Saturno, significabit bonum in eadem Conjunctione (as in this Conjunction he is) Remember your Title pag. I agree with you, and that it portends much good to England, and all other the pla­ces you speak off; But England, and all other those places, &c. must first be His Majesty intends it no doubt: purged of the Malignant humours, before the Be­nigne & Wholsome can come in their stead. I told you what Alsted had foretold many years since upon that Great Conjunction, I laid it was a Fore-runner of a I told you so too, in my Prognostication for this yeare P. ult. l. n. 16. through Reformation; And he said Hujus [Page 4] Conjunctionis Ignis consumet omnes scorias & Faeces Vrbis Romae; you see since that Conjunction what Effects it hath wrought; Remember Did Alsted tell you of the demolishing of Cheap-side-Crosse? Cheapside-Crosse, Anno Dom. 1643. On that day you call Inventio Crucis; And let me tell you what was done the eighteenth day of Ianuary, this very year, upon that very place, where Cheapside-Crosse once stood, There was ma­ny Idolatrous and Superstitious Pictures, and Images, Crucifixes, Crosses, Popish Bookes, Whips, and other your Roman-Archi-Episco-Papisticall Trinkets ^• in a flame; The Witnesses (be­sides many thousand other People) were no lesse then the Par­liament, The Honourable the Lords and Commons, the Lord Generall, the Lord Admirall, with many other Colonels and Commanders, the Reverend Assembly of Divines, the Scotch Commissioners, the Lord Maior, Aldermen, and Common-Councell of London, passing from Those that founded that Church and dedicated it to Christ, thought not of demo­lishing the Crosse. Christ Church, to Merchant Taylors Hall, guarded by the Regiments of the Trained Bands of London; I say, That day many Popish Reliques were consu­med to ashes, which (no doubt, though it will In earnest I tell you the Popes glad of it, and will be a gainer by it. displease the Pope; yea, and your Friends at Oxford, and elsewhere), It will be acceptable to God, and all good men; Such a sight and day, you had not at They are bet­ter taught and implored there, then to pull down Crosses, deface Churches, or to rake a­mongst the a­shes of the dead for Treasure, as many of your Hellish crue have done. Oxford, nor ever was there such a day, since Inventio Crucis; you see now to what heighth the That fire hath been long a comming to Oxford, (yea, before that Conjunction happened) yet came never nigher then Tame. fire of this Conjunction flames, it is comming to Oxford very short­ly; you had best shift for your selfe, For beleeve it, the Ʋni­versities must be That's done already. We have not a Rogue (like your selfe) left (that dare show his head) in a [...] the Citie. purged, you see what a necessary Element fire is, Newcastle-Coale is comming; you would fain perswade and se­duce the people to beleeve that this Conjunction, which Authors call Conjunctio Planetarum maxima, Quippe Let Latine a­lone, you see you cannot spell it. qua reguntur leges Imperia Regiones, and that it doth Praemonstrare res magnas & mirandas venturas in mundo, yet you say it hath no signification of Warre; I thinke it had not of this Warre which you and your friends (our Enemies) at Oxford) have raised; For there was many yeers before, strange Terrestriall, Ecccesiasticall, Poli­ticall Conjunctions, Conspiracies, Confederacies, I know not what to call them; you know Causa praecedit effectum, and who were the Planets that ruled in those times, and what a Malignant Influ­ence they had over this Kingdome, Ireland, Scotland, &c. And [Page 5] what they have producced from other Forraigne States; But I must tell you again, That this late Coelestiall Conjunction hath got the predominancie, & all the Christian World will feel the effects thereof, more & more euery day. Shall I tell you what I thinke of that Great Conjunction you speak of, which was at Westminster the third of November 1640. The which God be blessed They cannot continue long: They are in a Cadent House already, you know the Tearme. continues yet; though some Stars of the first Magnitude have fallen since, & others have proved Errant indeed, yea, & though the Terrestriall Moon hath Sirra, Meddle not with Eclip­ses: You want Arithmetick, Geometry, and the Opticke. The Terrestri­all Moon, (by which you mean the Qu. Majesty) she is as much above your malice as your slaun­ders. Eclipsed our Sun, for as Solest Rex Planetarum, so Rex est Sol Parliamenti) & other Stars, Stellae peregrina, nebulosae have mixed their Beams, & deprived us of the sweet & ordinary Benefit we use to receive by His presence: yet it will check your Opposition at Oxford, that I hope the Kingdome shall not be hurt one jot by the Malignant Influence thereof; I meane your Anti-Parliament there, will prove a meer Meteor, an Ignis Fatuus, A nothing. And though you may there force Ʋotes to Murther the Kings Liege People; Commit Perjuries, Prophane the Sab­bath, Assemble all the false Priests, Papists, Atheists, and Iesuites, in the Kingdome; Keep the King from comming to His Parlia­ment; Yet I trust that conjunction which was in Novemb. at West­minster, co operating with that other of February, will worke a Through Reformation indeed, throughout this Realme, by a timely purging it, of all Atheists, Papists, Iesuites, Bloody Irish Rebels, and others, the enemies of God, and true Religion; and bring the Authors of this bloody War they have raised, to con­digne punishment. And as the Starres of Heaven in their Cour­ses fought against Sisera, so no question, But these Stars at West­minster (where that more notable and more greater Conjunction was, you speake of) though they have a sharpe Combate with cruell Enemies, they shall have a Noble and Glorious Victory.

As for that Homo trium Literarum, which I bid the Kingdome beware of, if you have not Erasmus his Adages, you may please to search in some of the Colledges (if the Books be not pawned) be sure you may have it in Bodleys Library; and therein in his Ti­tle De contemptu & Vilitate, you shall finde these words. Homo trium Literarum; Per Ironiam dici potest in eum qui generosus ac ingenuosus Videri cupiat, Inde natum, quod olim ingenui nomen, prae­nomen, [Page 6] & Agnomen in literis aut Insignibus suis tribus literis notare soleant; Ʋt pro Quinto Valerio Maximo. Q V M. Plautus in Aulularia jocum aliò detersit, nempe in servum Furacem, Subjicit enim: F V R trifurcifer: In this sense I understood it, And there­by meant your Cavaliers would turne Theeves and Robbers, as you may easily understand, by the residue which follows my Premonition; But because you have corrupted the Text, (as you use to do) and have construed Homo trium Literarum, to be You are used to Lye, I con­strued it to be Say or Pym. Rex; I shall heartily desire, and pray God, That His Maiesty would not hearken any longer to you at Oxford, but return to Nathaniell Fiennes ha [...]h a­nother exposi­tion. His Parliament at London; and then that place of Scripture you mention as a Donation to him (at the end of your Legend in December) will be performed; But till that be done, I shall tell you of an (Ablation) another place of Scripture, Proverbs 25. 5. Take away the wicked from before the King, and his Throne shall be established in Righteousnesse. I say, till this be done, I do not foresee that honourable Greeting, which you say, Paulus Iovius saluted Charles the Great with, will happen this Revolution to our King Charles. And therefore Master G. N. because you and your friend Aulicus may not any longer abuse the Kingdome; you by your lying Almanack, and he by his lying Pamphlet. I will give you both one Character; you shall find it in the same Erasmus, a litle before Homo trium Literarum, your Companion Homo Trioboli, pro Homine nequissimo, planeque nullius pretii: The English where­of, is truely your name, No worth, or a Man worth nothing. And so I wish you leave calculating for Oxford, and return to Durham, where the Durham wi [...]h its Neighbours will make the Scots return. Scots are approaching; and upon your submission, they may happily remit you your Errours; But beleeve me, if they 'Twere good you were as well resolv'd as wee are. take You, & Aulicus together at Oxford, you cannot receive the Benefit of the Seal, you say is there; For the truth is, you are both impardonable.